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Over the last 5 years, the Washington Redskins have won $2 million in judgments after suing 125 season ticket holders who wanted out of their multiyear contracts, the Washington Post reports. Many say they’re loyal fans who simply fell on hard times, but the Redskins insist that lawsuits are a last resort. "We are supposed to pay our bills,” says one distraught fan forced into bankruptcy by the team's actions. “I ain't trying to get out of anything."

Even if they pay their debts, ticket holders don’t get their seats back after defaulting, and at least 16 tickets recovered from sued fans have been resold. Individual judgments have run as high as $209,351.The Redskins say such lawsuits are standard for sports teams, though many other major franchises say they don’t sue fans. "I wish we never had to sue anybody,” a team rep says. “But this is a business.”

High school football is the only real, honest football played. And it is very affordable. Go check one out this weekend. No whining. No holdouts. No excessive celebrating. No TV timeouts. Just football.

MarkFL

Sep 4, 2009 1:10 AM CDT

If there is a waiting list for Season tickets, why the hell do they force people into multi year contracts and then sue them out of it? That is just bad business. Who the hell will buy Redskins season tickets now?